Ash and Aegis

        Irradiated apocalypse roams, seldom finding living bones. Weary, a wizard travels, dust blooms to flora in his wake.

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        Earth’s surface burned instantly. Rampant. Unrelenting. Chaotic destruction. Insatiable appetite of nuclear arsenals devoured existence. Across the globe within the maelstrom stood gifted few, once hidden, now revealed with no witness.

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        I scream as hellfire incinerates my business suit, warded cloth resisting mere seconds. Glowing second skin tightens. Heat gnaws through Aegis; pain blisters. Centuries-honed reflexes command my staff to manifest, driven into stone.
        “Uru-Anatu!” I cry. 
        Inferno claws woven shell. I kneel within, undone by despair.

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        You will rebuild, chasing echoes.

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